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Foldable iPhone Could Cost $2,400
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Another excellent point. Most people are probably going to finance. So in reality it’s not potentially $2400, it’s what ever the monthly payment they get. Carrier deals may make sense also. There are a lot of things we don’t know yet.
A lot of people are paying monthly now for their iPhone. Logically I would expect that to continue for the iPhone Fold as well
They are already moving to 36-month payment periods... why not 48?
All these companies, and now it seems Apple as well, completely miss the original "dream" of foldable phones:
Foldable phones were supposed to solve the contradiction of having a large screen in a small phone. The solution is not to just make existing phones twice as big and twice as heavy.
Give me a folded phone in the size of the original iPhone with a screen of today's iPhone Max, and you have my interest.
Foldable phones were supposed to solve the contradiction of having a large screen in a small phone. The solution is not to just make existing phones twice as big and twice as heavy.
Give me a folded phone in the size of the original iPhone with a screen of today's iPhone Max, and you have my interest.
I can't say I would not ever be interested in this. Certainly not the first gen for sure... I'll let others be the mass beta testers for a new design. But my eyes are slowly getting suckier, yet I absolutely won't get one of the "Max" sized models... that's just too much for my pocket. A foldable could fit my needs better, but it's something I'd have to handle in person first.
This as well. If people end up liking the Fold and Apple does an impressive job then people will do what people always do in life, they will find a way to get what they want. I am not saying it’s wise to finance a phone for 3 or 4 years, but I can tell ya people will absolutely do it if they want the phone bad enough
Bring it on! I don't think I will switch back to iOS permanently, but I will definitely be giving the Apple foldable a try, as long as it's a book-style foldable. $2400 is nothing for everything you get in one package, if you really think about it. Besides, even though I buy all my phones outright because I will not be beholden to any bank for a loan/promissory note outside of my home, a lot of people will not bat an eye when you can finance the $2400 over three years at 0%. Many just want their shiny new iPhone, and that's it.
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You can. It's called Samsung Dex, and it is amazing. Hopefully Apple will do something similar.
I can get 10 hours of screen on time using my Z Fold 7, using the inner screen approximately 75% of the time. If you need more battery life than that in a day, it is time to touch some grass.
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Let's be honest, who actually works seriously on a smartphone? You don't even do serious work on an iPad (they're just glorified streaming devices). Watching content is the same as on the Pro Max, only with black bezels so not even usable as a streaming device. And I've never felt the need to have two apps open at the same time in my free time. Why would I use YouTube and Instagram or any other app simultaneously? This is just a way to prepare us and normalize selling 2k+ phones (what will the 2TB version cost? 4k) for phones that are addictive devices. We should strive for even less screens/billboards in our lives. If you'd told someone in 2015 that smartphones would cost as much as a PC or a MacBook Pro, they would have laughed. I bet the iPhone 20 won't be a Pro, but will be positioned in the same category as the X (a new category), so they can raise the price. It will probably start at 1499.
So for that huge rip-off of a price, will it have the slow and outdated USB 3, or the very slow and very outdated USB 2? If anyone here is interested in this topic, see the thread in the link below:
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Will iPhone 14 be USB 2.0? Probably, since Cook is mediocre.
Apple computers have had USB 3.0 since mid-2012. That is 10 years ago. Despite that, Tim Cook, being the mediocre beancounter MBA suit that he is, has still not done anything to upgrade the connectivity on the latest iPhones. The latest iPhones use the same USB 2.0 connectivity that shipped with...
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Since the Samsung Fold 7 is $1999 (before discounts) I also doubt that they will price it above that but whatever the price there will be those that buy it especially if carriers have deals when it comes out such as $1200 off with trade in of any iphone etc
For a fkng phone. Phones used to cost 100 and then 500 then 1000 and I think 1000 is the magical border were people start questioning the price. 2k is overkill.
How can a professional computer cost the same as a gimmick phone with a plastic screen? Its because they can charge this high prices and get away with it because people buy iPhones no matter what. Not the case with Macs.
The gimmick. It can fold so you can impress strangers with your new toy.
It will cost 5 times as much as the iPad mini and it will do the same thing except folding.
Hopefully for the last time (I wish), the core of the inner screen on foldable phones is not made of plastic, it is made of ultra-thin glass. This info is readily available online.
It is going to crease. Idgaf who are or what you say. You open and close something enough it is going to crease.
The person that downvoted this comment is the one that knows that’s them you’re talking about.
Because the iPhone and its accessories are popular. And because Apple build a cult like following. People today spend 1k+ on phones without question it.
Thank you 👏
All my interest here totally dried up when I saw it was going to take a large phone and make it unfold into an iPad.
What I've always wanted was something small that could unfold to the size of current ProMax iPhones (or there abouts).
Basically I wanted an iPhone Flip, not an iPhone Fold.